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Quote by Jose Saramago

“As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished.”

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Portuguese writer known for his unique narrative style and profound philosophical reflections. His notable works include 'The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis' and 'Blindness'. more

“Richard thought a moment. "I don't know, but we have to get across the pass. We're too tired to have to spend tonight fighting shadows again. We must get to the Midlands before dark. And this time, I promise I won't let go of your hand." Kahlan smiled and squeezed his hand. I won't let go of yours either.”

Knows Moments Hands Fighting Dark Promise Letting Go Shadow Tired Tonight I Promise

Book:Wizard's First Rule

Source: Wizard's First Rule

“I've never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart. I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously, without any sort of goodbye, without looking back even once. The pain is like an axe that chops my heart.”

Humans Heart Stills Dream Pain Missing My Heart Forgotten Dare Goodbye Nightmare Abandon Looking Back Human Heart Saying Goodbye Strangeness

Book:Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition

Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition

“I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy.”

Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition

“The creation by word-power of something out of nothing--what is that but magic? And, may I add, what is that but literature?”

May Literature Magic Creation Add

Book:Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books

Source: Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books

“And still the brain continues to yearn, continues to burn, foolishly, with desire. My old man's brain is mocked by a body that still longs to stretch in the sun and form a beautiful shape in someone else's gaze, to lie under a blue sky and dream of helpless, selfless love, to behold itself, illuminated, in the golden light of another's eyes.”

Men Stills Dream Body Light Eye Beautiful Form Lying Desire Brain Sun Sky Shapes Blue Aging Golden Old Man Selfless Helpless Selfless Love Blue Sky Golden Light

Author:Meg Rosoff

“I wouldn't have been sent back to help you," Tristan continued. "I wouldn't have been made an angel if it weren't important that you live, Ivy. I want you to be mine" -Ivy could hear the pain in his voice- "but you're not." "I am!" she cried out loud. "We're on different sides of a river," he said, "and it's a river that neither of us can cross. You were meant for somebody else.”

Ifs Want Has Beens Made Said Important Different Helping Pain Sides Voice Mines Angel Rivers Crosses Loud Cried I Want You Ivy Different Sides

Author:Elizabeth Chandler

“Of course (said Oryx), having a money value was no substitute for love. Every child should have love, every person should have it. . . . but love was undependable, it came and then it went, so it was good to have a money value, because then at least those who wanted to make a profit from you would make sure you were fed enough and not damaged too much. Also there were many who had neither love nor a money value, and having one of these things was better than having nothing.”

Should Children Persons Said Enough Wanted Values Courses Too Much Should Have Profit Feds Substitutes

Author:Margaret Atwood

“I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.”

Dies Born Leadership Patriotism

Author:John F. Kennedy

“Ordinarily, of course, I thought it best to remain inconspicuous, but the gesture had a certain irresistable theatricaility, and an inevitablility. Sometimes you can feel the pull of what other people want from you, and you sacrifice yourself, you risk seeming odd or sunsavory, to keep them entertained.”

People Want Feels Sometimes Certain Courses Risk Sacrifice Odd Gestures Seeming

Author:Curtis Sittenfeld

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